Infectious myocarditis

Common Name(s)

Infectious myocarditis

Infectious myocarditis occurs when an infection, usually viral but sometimes bacterial, causes heart muscle to become inflamed after an autoimmune response. Disease-fighting cells from the body responding to the infection can enter the heart and release chemicals that may damage the heart muscle and cause inflammation, resulting in myocarditis. The heart then may become thick, swollen, and weak. There is a risk of heart failure with myocarditis. Myocarditis may often have no symptoms, but some potential signs include shortness of breath, chest pain, swelling of the ankles, and fatigue. In order to prevent or treat infectious myocarditis, seek immediate medical attention if you have an infection.

Advocacy and Support Organizations

Condition Specific Organizations

The Myocarditis Foundation is dedicated to providing information and support related to the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of myocarditis. The Myocarditis Foundation's mission is to educate physicians and the public about this disease, support the patients and their families who have been affected by myocarditis, and ultimately fund research to find ways to better diagnose, treat, and prevent myocarditis.

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Following organizations serve the condition "Infectious myocarditis" for support, advocacy or research.

The Myocarditis Foundation is dedicated to providing information and support related to the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of myocarditis. The Myocarditis Foundation's mission is to educate physicians and the public about this disease, support the patients and their families who have been affected by myocarditis, and ultimately fund research to find ways to better diagnose, treat, and prevent myocarditis.

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Scientific Literature

Articles from the PubMed Database

Research articles describe the outcome of a single study. They are the published results of original research.
The terms "Infectious myocarditis" returned 4 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:

This case report describes a 20-year-old immunocompetent man with an episode of chest pain radiating into both arms, an increase in the level of myocardial enzymes, electrocardiogram abnormalities (widespread ST-segment elevation and q waves in leads V(4)-V(6)) and serological evidence ...

The numbers of small rodents in northern Sweden fluctuate heavily, peaking every 3 or 4 years. We found that the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, as well as the number of deaths caused by myocarditis, followed the fluctuations in numbers ...

The diagnosis of acute mild myocarditis in vaguely defined. Therefore we studied 185 consecutive young men in military service with electrocardiographic changes arousing a suspicion of myocarditis in connection with an acute infectious disease. It was possible to classify 160 patients ...

Reviews from the PubMed Database

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The terms "Infectious myocarditis" returned 1 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
First 3 results:

Heart disease, the leading cause of death in humans, is estimated to affect one in four American adults in some form. One predominant cause of heart failure in young adults is myocarditis, which can lead to the development of dilated cardiomyopathy, a major indication for heart transplantation. ...

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